Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where
a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil,
then expanded – accordion-style – back to
full stature, without any lasting side effect.
– Steve Rushin –

Continuing with a virtual vacation on the gulf coast of Florida, today’s “Odd Shot” is the front wall of the Ellenton Ice & Sports Complex (formerly, J.P. Igloo). The sculpture is so large that it can easily be seen from the interstate.

When we weren’t at a Lightning game in Tampa, my camera and I could be found shooting the pickup games at the Igloo.

The opening and the folding flowers, that
laugh to the summer’s day.
– Felicia D. Hemans –

A pink Rose of Sharon (hibiscus) from early summer for Today’s Flowers.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color
of the waves that break upon the
idle seashore of the mind.
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow –

The weather in the western foothills is blah and the lack of gasoline (not to mention the long lines) on the this side of the state is keeping me at home. So, for today’s Skywatch Friday, we’re off to Tampa Bay (Florida) for a virtual vacation. These pictures were taken in St. Pete near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge (the bridge in the second photo), when I went to visit in May.